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Freezer water overflow

I have a Kenmore fridge modle 106.56562400. I am having a water overflow issue in the freezer side. The water accumulates in the bottom of the compartment and eventually comes out of the door onto the floor. I have replaced the inlet valve (4389177) and the "mold", or ice maker control board (W10190935) to no avail. I still have the problem.

After reading some threads and looking at it closer, I'm starting to doubt it has anything to do with the icemaker. The overflow is not running into the ice dispenser, or seemingly down the sides or racks in the freezer. I see no icicles or ice trails at all. When I pull out the lower basket, I can see ice frozen under the duct on the back wall.

Could I have a ruptured water line running from the valve to the icemaker? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

But after I got to thinking about it some more after posting this morning, I wondered if there was a clogged drain under there. So I pulled the lower panel off the back and found the drain hose. I use large syringes for bleeding brakes on my dirt bikes, so used one with a long piece of vacuum hose to back flush the line. An enema, so to speak. I've done the same thing to the ice maker filler hose a couple of times over the years.

Once I broke threw through the tube, I could see from the front the ice breaking up, so I dug it all out of there. Hole is ice free and open now. So problem solved.

But what causes ice to build up like that? It's very humid around here right now, but no more than it has been in other summers.

Waking this one up. It's been 1.5 years since I first reported this and this problem kept showing up every now and then. So I'd do the warm water thing and we'd be okay for 3 months. But now it's getting to the point that it never drains. It finally dawned on me that perhaps the freezer is getting too cold. I confirmed that by turning the temp all the way warm (+5f) and putting a thermometer in there. It is holding pretty steady at -25 to -30. So I'm guessing that is the root of my problem here!

Fridge side is fine. Keeps temp well.

Is this a thermostat issue? If so, where can I get the parts and what parts do I need?

You have to remove the #17 channel, and #16 cover to access it from the refrigerator section. To test it you ohm it with an multimeter, you put the sensor in cup of ice water for 5 minutes and it should read about 8.7 K ohms.

Thanks much, Jake! I just looked and I don't see anything like that themistor housing. Is it suppose to be inside the cabinet? I have a good Fluke meter so will measure the resistance as you describe, if I can find it!